Republic County USD 109

USD 109 is hiring an elementary music teacher for the 2026-2027 school year!!
Apply online at usd109.org under the "Employment" tab.

The Republic County High School Basketball Team will host the Beloit Trojans on Tuesday, February 3rd.
Game times are as follows:
Main Gym: 4:30 JV Girls, 6:00 Varsity Boys, 7:30 Varsity Girls
New Gym: 4:30 JV Boys followed by C Team Boys (1/2 game)
The game will be livestreamed at: https://fan.hudl.com/usa/ks/belleville/organization/334/republic-county-high-school

Junior High Wrestling Quad
The junior high wrestlers have their first meet on Monday, February 2nd at home in the Main Gym.
Round 1 begins at 4:00 with Round 2 at 5:15 and Round 3 at 6:00. Time are approximate.
Teams participating are Republic County, Beloit, Minneapolis, Southeast Saline, and Ellsworth.
Good luck Junior High Wrestlers..

District FBLA- Part 2 Performance Event Placings:

Business Management- Elly Williams - 1st
Business Plan- Elly Williams- 1st
Business Plan- Farmer Snapp- 3rd
Entrepreneurship- Parker Alexander & Carson Struebing- 2nd
Future Business Leader Interview- Elly Williams- 2nd
Future Business Leader Interview- Schola Baxa- 3rd
Future Business Leader Test- Schola Baxa - 1st
Hospitality & Event Mgmt Performance- Giada Smith, Grae Siemsen, Schola Baxa - 1st
Hospitality & Event Mgmt Test- Giada Smith, Grae Siemsen, Schola Baxa- 2nd
Marketing Performance- Ally Bombardier & Grae Siemsen- 2nd
Marketing Test- Ally Bombardier, Grae Siemsen, Tallyn Melton- 1st
Sports & Entertainment Marketing Test- Michael Voorhees & Draven Johnson- 1st
Technology Support Services Performance- Matthew Collette- 3rd
Technology Support Services Test- Matthew Collette- 2nd

Congratulations to the following FBLA members for your top 10 placings on the objective tests at the 2026 District FBLA Conference.

Republic County wrestlers had a great day at Red Cloud today. Boys finished 2nd overall as a team. Results from Red Cloud: Khloe Keeling-2nd China Shelly/1st Helena Shelly-5th Leo Collette-1st Manny Motto-4th TravisShelly-DNP Paul Pachta 4th Lucas Schultz-5th Ryan Weatherhead-3rd Matthew Collette- 1st Michael Voorhees-2nd Ethan Torres-5th Kyler Nelson-3rd Trentt Gardner-3rd

The girls finished out a tough tournament at Garden City. Jacqalyn Parde 4th Kaydence Shelly 6th Kelby Stone 11th Nice work girls.

Republic County wrestlers placing at Garden City: Carson Beavers 13th Tyrese Alexander, and 16th, Nick Kendall 7th

Today the RCHS art room hosted a GLOW party for 3rd grade's AR party! Kids BIG & small enjoyed the fun all day long! 🎨

The following wrestlers will move onto day 2 of the Rocky Walton invitational in Garden City. Carson Beavers, Tyrese Alexander, and Nick Kendall for the boys. Jacqalyn Parde, Faith Dyke, Kaydence Shelly, and Kelby Stone for the girls. Wrestling begins at 9:00 am. Good luck to all wrestlers.

Republic County recognizes and thanks Bill Bowen for his 50 years of dedication to officiating.

For those assisting with the RCHS forensics tournament tomorrow: we are starting with a judge's meeting at 7:40am tomorrow morning in the front flex classroom. Please enter the school through the West doors and bring pens. Thank you for your help!

Good luck to wrestlers going to Garden City and competing during the two day tournament of January 30th and 31st.
Go Buffs.

Republic County FBLA hosted the District IV Conference on Thursday, January 29th. The day went great for all participants. A huge thanks goes out to all who made it possible.

Part 1 Results- More results will be posted soon.

Computer Game & Simulation Programming- Carson Beavers & Connor Martin - 1st

Customer Service- Kinley Kester-4th
Customer Service- Kyla Sasser- 7th
Customer Service- Maritiza Kolars- 8th

Electronic Career Portfolio-Jacqalyn Parde-1st

Financial Planning-Jacqalyn Parde & Michael Voorhees- 2nd

Future Business Educator- Brooklyn Talkington -2nd

Graphic Design- Elly Feight, Faith Dyke, Mekenzie Kasl- 2nd

Impromptu Speaking- Adem Morris- 1st

Introduction to Public Speaking- Giuliana Smith- 1st
Introduction to Public Speaking- Leo Collette- 4th

Job Interview- Jacqalyn Parde- 1st
Job Interview- Martiza Kolars- 3rd
Job Interview- Matthew Collette- 7th

Public Speaking - Giada Smith- 2nd

Sales Presentation- William Cherney & Sawyer Stephens- 1st
Sales Presentation- Kolby Strnad, Nick Kendall, Om Patel- 2nd

Visual design- Elly Williams & Scholastica Baxa- 2nd

Do you have a high school student that has talked about a career in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering or Math (STEM)? Then these college shadow days would be a perfect college visit day for them! They will be paired with a college student in their area of interest and attend classes and labs with them. They will also have lunch and learn about college life. There is a $40 fee but scholarships are available. This is a great way to start to explore career options and the education necessary for that career. The link has more information and you can register from there!
https://www.k-state.edu/kawse/excite/events/

Daddy/Daughter forms are due today to the elementary or high school office. Don't miss out on a fun evening.

We have been experimenting with print making and mixed media. There are some AWESOME pieces in the classroom this week. Here are a few... Tulip-Kimberly Popelka Leaf-Jaylie Heitmann Couple-Zander Liby Pencil-Gavyn Pickard Go Bananas-Emmarey Moffet Plant- Layna Canfield

WEEKLY NEWSLETTER -- February 2 - February 9, 2026

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The Republic County Wrestlers will be attending the WarCat Wrestling Invitational in Red Cloud, NE on Saturday, January 31st.
The first round begins at 9:30 am with finals beginning at approximately at 5:30 pm.

Boys Teams Invited: Republic County, Franklin, Giltner-Harvard, Kenesaw, Maxwell, Osborne-KS, Red Cloud/Blue Hill, Shelton, and Superior.
Girls Teams Invited: Republic County, EMF, Franklin, Giltner-Harvard, Kenesaw, Maxwell, Osborne-KS, Red Cloud/Blue Hill, Shelton, and Superior.

This Friday January 30th at the Basketball Game the Buffs Robotics team will be serving their Regionally Famous Robo Gumbo and their Secret Recipe Chili Soup. Everyone should take advantage of this rare opportunity. So come out and support the Basketball teams and the Buffs Robotics Team! It might just be the best soup you have eaten.